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Terrorism
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ImmigrationProf Blog
Bush: CIA kept terror suspects in secret prisons
CNN reports that President Bush today acknowledged for the first time that the CIA used secret prisons to hold top suspects captured in the war on terror. Bush said alleged…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The “Racing” of Arabs and Muslims
As the war on terror heads into its sixth year, a new racial stereotype is emerging in America. Brown-skinned men with beards and women with head scarves are seen as…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Umer Hayat speaks
Umer Hayat is interviewed in today's Sacramento Bee. Mr. Hayat was unsuccessfully prosecuted on charges of lying to the FBI about his son's "terrorist training" in Pakistan. In the interview,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration and National Security in Canada and UK
The arrests last week of 24 British-born Muslims implicated in analleged terrorist plot to blow up airliners flying from Britain to theUnited States has underlined once again the perils posed…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Coerced Confessions from the Suspects in the Latest Terror Plot?
We have heard years of false allegations by governments in the worldwide "war on terror," from U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft's claim that "dirty bomber" Jose Padilla could be jailed…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Criticsim of President Bush’s Statement about “Islamic Fascists”
On August 10th, President George W. Bush, responding to the arrest of several Muslim citizens of the United Kingdom on charges of allegedly plotting terrorist activities against civilians utilizing air…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The Terrorism Scare Tactic
Terrorism and the Southern BorderUsing the tried and true scare tactic of associating homeland security withimmigration policy, the House immigration hearings in San Diego and Laredo last week focused on…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Ruminations on the House Hearings
Although the Senate hearings on a Guest Worker program seemed to provide something of a forum for interesting, competing views, the House hearings on "Border Vulnerabilities and International Terrorism" seemed…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration, Integration and Security in Great Britain
Sunday's New York Times Magazine has a lengthy article discussing Britain's efforts to strike a balance between freedom and security in its efforts to confront new domestic "terrorist" threats posed…
Environmental Law Prof Blog
Terrorism case published on Westlaw
Today, Westlaw published the San Luis Obispo NEPA terrorism case that I published last week. Westlaw link